Paper cup dispenser



Jan. 23, 1934.

S. N. HOPE ET AL PAPER CUP DISPENSER Filed July 8, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet lMUM @QQ Jan. 23, 1934. s. N. HOPE Er Al.

PAPER CUP DISPENSER Filed July 8. 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ET IG. 6

` INVENTORS WI NES ES Patented Jan. 23, 1934 PAPER CUP DISPENSER SamuelN. Hope, Wauwatosa, and Paul Drath, West Allis, Wis., assignors toGriiith-Hope Company, West Allis, Wis., a corporation of WisconsinApplication July 8, 1932. Serial No. 621,360

Claims.v (Cl. S12-60) The invention relates to dispensers for sheetswall 12 and vertical wall 14 are spaced to form a such as folded papercups and the like.

dispensing slot 16 through which the cups are A type of paper cupdispenser has heretofore withdrawn closed vedge foremost, as hereinafterbeen devised for the reception of a cup package described. 5 having asloping bottom wall on which fiat folded A casing member 17 is adaptedto receive the paper cups are stacked in inclined position and cuppackage and comprises a piece of sheet from which the cups aredischarged through a metal bent to form a rear wall 18, parallel sideslot at the lower end of the package. Among the walls 19, and a. narrowbottom wall 20. The rear disadvantages hitherto met with in dispenserswall 18 is provided with apertured embossments io of this type are thewasteful feeding of several 21 adapted to receive screws 22 for securingthe cups in one operation and the necessity for a casing member toasupporting wall 23. The botweighted follower on the stack of cups.

tom wall is provided with an upstanding stiening An object of theinvention is to provide an imflange 24 at its front edge and withupstanding proved cup dispenser of this general type in which side anges25 which are secured, as by spot weldmeans other than the stack pressureis relied on ing, to the inner faces of the side walls 19. The to resistthe inward pressure on the foremost cup forward edges of the side walls19 are formed eS ii iS WiilldiaWn, i"hereby minimizing the tendwithintegral inturned flanges 26 which terminate ency to Withdraw SeveralCups in one Operation, at their lower edges at some distance from theend Obviaiing in many CaSeS theneed fOI a Weightlower end of the casingmember, as seen in Fig. 7. 2o" ed follower or other pressure means forthe stack. At their upper ends the flanges 26 are connected AnotherObJ'eCt 0f the inVentiOn iS '00 provide by a sheet metal cross strap 27having its end a cup dispenser in which the opening of the disportionssecured thereto, as by spot welding.

penser incident to reloading will partially eject The casing member 17is closed at its front and the empty CUD Del-Clinge i0 2 DOS'GiOnpermitting top by a cover member 28 comprising a piece of its readyremoval.

sheet metal bent to form a front wall 29 and a A fulihel Objeei'f iS inpiOViiie a Culi dispenser top wall 30 which are respectively providedwith Which een be eCOnOmlCelly InanuaCiU-Ied, .and integral inturnedside flanges 31 and 32 adapted which 1s of Snnple. durable, compact andhght to overlap the edges of the side wens 19. The

weight construction.

, cover member 28 is pivotally secured tothe lower i The inventionfurther consists in the several forward portion of the easing member byrivets features hereinafter set forth.

33 which connect apertured embossments 33 on 'In the aeeeinpenyingdrawings, I Fg. 1 is a frOnii i the side walls 19 with ears 34 formed atthe lower View of a cup dispenser embodylng the invenends of the fienges31 and engaging the einboesmm3 ments. 35 Fig. 2 1s a side view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a bottom View thereof; Fig'. 4 is a rear view thereof; Fig. 5is a sectional view taken valong the line 5 5 of Fig. 1; i 40 i Fig. 6is a similar sectional View showing the dispenser in open position;

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken along the line 7--7 of Fig. 2;and

Fig. 8 is a top view of the dispenser casing. In these drawings, 10designates a cup pack'- age or box containing a stack of flat foldedpaper An upwardly arched sheet metal bottom'member 35 is disposedbetween the side walls 19 and carries integral embossed ears 36 atopposite sides engageable with the side walls and pivotally se- Y cured`thereto by the rivets 33.

edges of the ears 36 on the bottom member lie along and engage the innerface of the front wall 29 of the cover member to form a drivingconnection by which the bottom member and cover member are swingable asa unit.

The bottom member 35 has an offset rear edge The forward Cups 11 boththe package and Cups being of Wen portion 37 which is adapted to rest onthe bottom known construction. As seen in Fig. 5, the pack- Wall 20 ofthe Casing member When the COVe age has an inoiined bottom wail 12supporting member is in closed position. The front portion the oups ininoiined position and provided with a of the bottom member 35 1sconcavely formed and finger noten 13 ai, its ioWer forward edge The hasits forward edge spaced downwardly from an long vertical wall 14 of thepackage, here shown inclined 1in 38 formed at the lOWeT edge 0f the asthe front wall, isprovided with a window slot @0l/e1 member IOn Well 29i0 Present therebe- 15 at its lower edge. When the package is in tween eC1111 dispensing S1017 39. A miser-receivdispensing position the loweredges of the bottom ing notch 40 is cut in the bottom member 35 mregister with the notch 13 in the cup package, and opens at the frontedge ofthe bottom member.

The cover member is retained in closed position by a catch formed by aresilient metal strap 41 secured at one end to the inner face oithe topwall by a rivet e2, and having an upturned ree end portion 43 presentinga shoulder engageable with the inner face'oi the cross strap 27. Thefree end portion 43 slidably Vpasses through a slot 44 formed in the topwall 30 and is provided with a finger lip i5 by .vhich the catch maylifted and released from the cross strap 27'., An arched forked leafspring 46 has its upper end secured to the inner face oi the lowerportion of the iront wall 29' by a rivet' e7. A nubY 48 formed on thefront wall 29 engages a notch 49 with the upper edge of the spring 46 toprevent rotation of the spring. The spring, which is inwardly arched,engages the iront wall 14V of` theY cup package on opposite sides of thewindow slot i5, and extends below the package to a point adjacent thelip 38. A window slot 5G formedin the front wall 29 in4 register withthe slot-15 'in the cup package to permit inspection as to the need ofreloading.

When the dispenser is to be loaded-the cover member is swung open to thehorizontal position` indicated in (i, the bottom member 35 being swungupwardly with its rear edge uppermost.

The opening movement of thecover `member is" limited either by theengagement ci the arched bottom member with the lower ends or" the anges26, or by the engagement of the cover member with the lower edges of theside walls v17.' The cup package is inserted into the open `topof'the.

casing member and descends until: its inclined bottom Wall restsv on thebottom member, the

wedge-shaped lower end of the enteriing;y

the wedge-shaped space between the" bottoni wall and the flanges 2S. Thecover member'is'then swung upwardly and the package descends iar-V theras the bottom member reaches its normal;v

position, seen in thcfspring, et vbeing pressed closer to the iront wall29, il engaging the cross s When a cup is to be dispensed, the userinserts.: a iinger upwardly through the 'notches 4G and Yi3,

and engages the lowerinost cup, urging itforwardly and upwardly.

against the adjacent face or one archedspring 46 in tanned-ont or oiisetrelation, and the lower-`Y inost cup is pushed through the dispensingslot 39, the cups immediately above being prevented from leaving bytheir frictional engagement with each other and with the springv 16. Theloweriree;

end portion oi the spring'll is substantially parallel to the lowerinostsheets. *whe lowerniost cup,

may then be completely withdra vn by; grasping it 'between the thumb andi'oreiinger. The cups are thus dispensed one oy one and there vis noneed,`

the bottom member S5 raises andpanially ejects the ernpty package sothat it can easily he'withfdrawn, Y

While the dispenser is preferably used invertical positionas shown, itwill be obvious-that it l can be used in other positions if thecuppackis urged toward the discharge portion of the device.

and the catch A number of theY lowercups are thereby pressed forwardlyand upwardlyl What we claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

1. A dispenser for sheets such as folded paper cups and the like,comprising a casing adapted to receive a pack of sheets therein, aclosure pivotally secured to said casing and having convergingWallsdening a discharge slot towards which the pack of sheets is urgedand through which the Vsheets are withdrawn edgewise, and resilientmeans engageable with edge portions of the leading sheets adjacent saiddischarge slot and resisting inward pressure exerted on the faces ofsaid sheets by the withdrawalof the foremost sheet through saiddischarge slot.

Y '2. kAdispenser for sheets such as folded paper cups and the like,comprising a casing adapted to receive a pack of sheets therein andhaving oppositewalls, a cover for said casing having iianges overlappingsaid walls, a wall member within said casing towards which said sheetsare urged and forming adispensing slot with the adjacent edge of saidcover through-which sheets are withdrawn edgewise, earsL atopposite-.edges of said wall member-adjacent the'inner faces of saidcasinal Walls, and'pivotfmeniberasecuring said ears and saidanges'toLsaidinterposed casing walls, said Wall member having a drivingconnection with said cover forsimultaneous'swinging movement therewith.v

A dispenserfor sheets such as folded paper cupsand the like, comprisinga casing adapted to receive an aperture'dV box of sheets therein, and aclosure pivotaily secured to said casing and having a dispensing slotthrough'which sheets are withdrawn edgewise, saidclosure `having a'wall'engageable with the dispensing yend of said box and `inovable intothe casing by the opening ofthe closure to project the box from thecasing.

4'. A sheet dispenser comprising a container adapted to receivefapack ofsheets therein and havingv converging walls forming a discharge slotbetween Vthem toward which the sheets are urged and withdrawn edgewise,Vthere being a ringer opening in' one of-said walls adjacent said slot,.

and a resilient sheet-restraining member carried bythelother wall invregister with said Vlinger opening and havingra convex portionengageable withredgeportions of vtheleading sheets adjacent saiddischarge slot, said resilient member yieldingly resisting pressureexerted on thefaces of said sheets by a finger extending into saidopeningand pressing on the sheets during the withdrawal oi the foremostsheet through'said discharge slot.

5. A sheet dispenser comprising a container adapted to receive'a'pack ofsheetstherein and having converging walls forming between them-adischarge slot for the sheets, oneof said wal-ls having a` lingeropening adjacent. said slot for facc'ess't'o vthe outer face ci theforemost sheet of the pack, and an inwardly arched leaf spring securedto the other wall and vhaving a free `end portion adjacent said slot andengageable with theinner face of said wall, said springV being inregisterwith said finger opening and having a convex face enga-stableVwith edge portions of the leading sheets adjacent said slot foryieldingly resisting linger pressure exerted on the faces ofrsaidfsheets during the withdrawal of the foremost sheet throughsaidslot.V

f SAMUEL N. HOPE.

PAUL DRATH.

